FINANCE LAW

LST2FLA

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Students in this subject will be given a broad introduction to areas of law relevant to the banking and finance industry. They will be introduced to Australian legal institutions and methods. Topics to be covered include contract law, the legal relationship of financial institutions and customer, payment systems, negotiable instruments and lending and securities.

Faculty: Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Ann Wardrop

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: FIN2FIN or FIN1FOF

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: LAW3BFL

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Melbourne, 2014, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: John Bourke

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 33 - 43
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 33 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementComments%
five online quizzestotalling 30-minutes10
one 1,000-word take-home examination20
one 3-hour final examination70